David Goodhand

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said the prosecutorial misconduct that forced a mistrial in the perjury case of Roger Clemens occurred too early in proceedings for him to conclude prosecutors sabotaged them out of concern over the likelihood of acquittal. He also said that under current law he couldn’t cite double jeopardy — the right of Americans not to face the same charges twice — to bar a new trial, even if prosecutors had intentionally introduced evidence the judge had deemed inadmissible.
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